The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

Everyone followed Zhang from a distance, and waited until she entered the room before standing outside the yard with their ears pressed against the wall to listen to the movement inside.

But before they heard what happened inside, Mrs. Zhang grabbed Lu Dafu by the ear and carried him to the yard.

Lu Dafu didn't expect that there were so many people outside the yard, his face felt dull, and he snatched his ear, he said angrily.

"So many people are watching, have you had enough trouble!"

"Lu Dafu, what do you mean? Where did I make trouble? Isn't it because you have done something too much?"

Lu Dafu heard these words harshly, "What is too much? What's wrong with our mother coming here to catch up on the old days? What bad intentions can there be?"

The old lady tidied her clothes in the room, wiped away her tears and came out.

"Yuanrong, this is mother's fault. If it doesn't work, mother should go back."

When Lu Dafu saw the old lady's tears, he couldn't hold back immediately, and hurried forward to protect her behind him, "Mother, don't be afraid, she dare not do anything to you."

The scene in front of her made Zhang laugh angrily, look, this mother and son are deeply affectionate, those who don't know think she is so heinous.

Now that the matter has come to this point, there is no need to hide some things, just taking advantage of the fact that the big guys in the village are all there.

In this era when filial piety is greater than the sky, the Zhang family can only entrust the original matter, and then complain and try to stand on the positive side of public opinion.

Under the witness of all the villagers, she spoke out all the sad things of these years.

From the unfair separation of the family to Dafu's broken leg, no one in the whole family cared about it, and no one came to visit.

Later, when Lu Xiuyuan's life was hanging by a thread, the town didn't care about it, and didn't lend a hand, even fearing that their family would be affected, the old lady rushed over and broke up the two relatives.

It is said that we will no longer contact each other after breaking up the relationship, and we no longer expect to have a relationship with the eldest brother in the town. As a result, now that Erlang has just passed the exam, they turned around and asked to tear up the letter of breaking up the relationship, and we are still a family.

"Tell me, guys, what's the point?"

When the voice fell to the ground, everyone fell silent.

Those who came to gossip were all young people. They had also experienced the unfairness of their parents at home, but they had no way to resist. This kind of thing could only be kept in their hearts, and they could only persuade themselves not to treat their children like this in the future.

After hearing Zhang's words now, everyone feels the same way, but these people didn't expect Zhang's situation to be so difficult.

This mother-in-law is indeed too much.

But my elders can't scold or speak, but no one stipulates that I can't scold other people.

The angry people all pointed at the old lady to blame.

"When I needed your help before, you just ignored it, but now that you see him getting up, you want to come back to start a relationship again? How can you come back after breaking up the relationship? Why are you so thick-skinned!"

You say one sentence to another, and after you say it, you directly point at Sang and scold Huai, and vent your depression by the way.

The old lady was ashamed and angry when she heard it, her face was red, and she could only keep knocking on her crutches angrily.

Seeing the other party like this, Lu Dafu wanted to help the old lady, but was directly scolded by the villagers next to him:

"Old Brother Lu, don't be confused, who have you been living with you all these years..."

Lu Dafu hesitated for a moment, and finally stood where he was.

"Everyone calm down."

Mrs. Zhang waited until the old lady could hardly bear it anymore, and then she waved at those people.

She sighed and began to sing blush: "Mother, those words just now were just angry words, so don't worry about it. Although our two families have broken up, you are still a mother in our eyes. As long as you come, we will definitely Good food and wine."

Mrs. Zhang picked a large basket of vegetables from the vegetable garden at the door and stuffed them into the opponent's hand.

"The people in our village only have these good things, and there is nothing else for you. Mother, don't dislike it."

The old lady would be so angry that she would not be in the mood to pick up this thing, so she blocked it with her hand and pushed it back.

Mrs. Zhang didn't continue, the basket fell to the ground, and the vegetables and fruits inside rolled all over the floor.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang didn't say anything, but silently squatted down and began to pick up the scattered vegetables on the ground.

The people around looked very displeased, and felt that the old lady was really making trouble for no reason.

"Why? Look down on the people in our village? Don't look down on the vegetables in the village?"

The old lady was accused of being unable to stay any longer, and fled on crutches.

After the villagers left, they all began to comfort Mrs. Zhang: "Mother Dawu, if you want to open up, who doesn't have a partial mother-in-law? There is nothing we can do as children."

Mrs. Zhang nodded: "We've broken off our relationship, of course we can't go back, but after all, we were born rich, so as long as she doesn't make trouble when she comes, we still have to treat her politely."

Everyone else is exaggerating about Shi's kindness, so what if you don't exaggerate?This matter was originally done wrong by the old lady. If they had such an upright son, maybe they would hit the door directly, so as to show the anger they have suffered all these years.

After seeing off those people, Mrs. Zhang looked at Lu Dafu and stood there stupidly frowning, she couldn't help but glared at him.

"What are you still doing stupidly? Can you stand on your legs for a long time?"

Lu Dafu pursed his lips, and said with a look of annoyance: "Is it not good for us to treat my mother like this just now? Didn't you say before that you would be caught and affect Erlang's career?"

"Heh, you're a quick learner." Mrs. Zhang glanced at him, "What's the point? I didn't beat her or scold her, and I kindly gave her vegetables. The other party didn't appreciate it. What do I have to do? Relationship? What's more, the relationship between the two has long since disappeared, and this is only a gift from me because of my old love."

Seeing Zhang's appearance, Lu Dafu felt a little strange, "Damn it, why do I feel that you have changed so much?"

He couldn't figure out how a person who was gentle and caring in the past became so unreasonable and unforgiving now.

"What? If you can't live on, you can leave. Whoever leaves can't live?" Mrs. Zhang was too lazy to talk nonsense, and went straight into the house after saying this sentence.

Lu Dafu was frightened when he heard this, he was just a little confused sometimes and soft-hearted towards his mother, but he had no idea of ​​reconciliation at all.

"No, no, no! You can't reconcile!"

Mrs. Zhang in the house stopped when she heard this, "Since you want to live a good life, you should get rid of your bad habits early, so as not to drag Erlang down in the future."

"I'll change it! Can't I change it!" Lu Dafu hurriedly promised after chasing after him.

Mrs. Zhang sighed inwardly, how could her personality be changed so easily?To put it bluntly, a dog can't change eating shit. Lu Dafu's character, as long as the old lady is still alive, it is impossible to change it successfully.

At any rate, now that Erlang is up to the challenge, he has given her a chance to come back from the examination, and with the background of the future husband, those who follow the wind will not dare to throw stones at will.

The old lady returned to the town with a distressed expression, and did not go home immediately. The matter was not done well, and she was inexplicably afraid to go back.

Sitting by the river, the old lady recalled the experiences of these years, with a dazed expression, she was a little confused about what she had been through these years, this mess.

Looking back on the days when the old man was still there, at least he had a family. Now that the old man has passed away for so many years, his life is getting more and more boring.

Staring at the reflection in the river, she had an inexplicable urge to jump down, but thinking of her little grandson Sun Mingming, she could only suppress this urge back to the bottom of her heart.

Sitting by the river and blowing a gust of river wind, the old lady returned home on crutches at one o'clock in the afternoon.

The family is a son, not a scourge, she has to face it sooner or later.

When the town here is almost full of excitement, Longmen Pass on the border has also received news of this year's rural examination.

General Shi looked at the name on the letter and smiled brightly: "Brother, you actually hit the mark. This Lu Xiucai was admitted to Juren!"

When Shi Yunzhang heard the news, he also breathed a sigh of relief. You must know that he was completely bragging at the beginning, praising Lu Xiuyuan's cleverness so much that it was rare to see it, so he frantically played the emotional card and got his family to agree to this engagement. .

"Now it's easier for my father to explain."

When General Shi thought about the cause of this incident, he couldn't help but thump the table: "My family is really going too far, and this time they even set their minds on Chen'er! Why don't those people die if the third younger brother is asked to get married! "

Shi Yunzhang sighed and said: "This also shows that the life of my family in the capital is getting more and more difficult, and I have been reduced to marrying with other families to seek asylum."

Hearing this, General Shi became even angrier, "Father is really confused. Grandma just said a few words casually and wanted to marry Chen'er off as if she was in a daze. If it wasn't for this, how could it be so easy? Lu Scholar!"

Shi Yunzhang gave him a sideways glance, "Huh? Back then when Lu Xiucai was still at Longmenguan, I don't think you were quite happy about it? Why did it suddenly change now?"

After being exposed by the eldest brother, General Shi continued to talk without blushing, "I know you are upset, so I will speak out for you."

All in all, although the time was a bit rushed, nothing went wrong anyway.

Although his father went to Beijing to celebrate his birthday with shame because of this matter, the matter of giving gifts to bond his relationship naturally fell on Shi Yunchen, the task was not difficult, as long as the two of them attended the banquet and returned from the exam, they could get married.

The two brothers are very clear about how difficult the capital test is. Naturally, they don't have much confidence in Lu Xiuyuan, and it's fine if they can complete this task and come back.

But Shi Yunzhang couldn't help grinding his teeth when he thought that his younger brother who had been raised for so long was taking advantage of others.

The author has something to say: the family is over, and the capital is starting.

Today is only [-], it hurts to have to work overtime on weekends, and tomorrow I will work all day